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has made significant progress she says combating terrorist threats to the border region of afghanistan and pakistan. she met with afghan women and u.s. women serving in the region to reiterate president obama's commitment to advancing women's right in afghanistan. >>> i'm susan hendricks at the cnn center. now back to "favorites in focus." >>> among some of our most exciting favorites in focus there year are those who looked at the environment and how we can help make it better. it came from our series "green solutions in focus." it's simple. as our nation grows, our impact on nature is growing, too. so are the opportunities for new ideas, new business practices, even whole new industries aimed at finding solutions. for example, maybe you've heard how cows, yes, cows, can produce vast amounts of greenhouse gases. well, in the great dairy state of vermont, photojournalist bob crowley found a farm where all they want out of their cows is the milk and the moos. and the humans are working to make that happen. >> vermont has a long history of being a huge milk state. pi name is nancy hershb
has made significant progress she says combating terrorist threats to the border region of afghanistan and pakistan. she met with afghan women and u.s. women serving in the region to reiterate president obama's commitment to advancing women's right in afghanistan. >>> i'm susan hendricks at the cnn center. now back to "favorites in focus." >>> among some of our most exciting favorites in focus there year are those who looked at the environment and how we can help...
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it was also true when they exploded a bomb in afghanistan outside the hotel there. this is kind of how al qaeda does it. and so the number of operatives, the notion that it could be a truck bomb, it all makes sense to people who have looked at this intelligence and worked on these cases over the last decade. >> peter, i seem to recall i think a bombing in iraq i mean years ago in one of the locations where we often stayed that wasn't just one truck bomb, it was two. and one would come in, explode, and then another one would come in. i mean, do you recall that? >> yeah. i mean, that was i think the -- i'm spacing on the name of the hotel. but it was quite a -- >> palestine hotel, i believe. >> and killed quite a number of people. i mean, i think that that kind of attack to pull that off in the united states, i mean, it's twice as hard to do i think in iraq it's a lot easier to do that kind of thing than it would be here. >> right. you know, peter, that 9/11 was perpetrated by 19 hijackers and an unknown number of planners. if this involves three operatives in the uni
it was also true when they exploded a bomb in afghanistan outside the hotel there. this is kind of how al qaeda does it. and so the number of operatives, the notion that it could be a truck bomb, it all makes sense to people who have looked at this intelligence and worked on these cases over the last decade. >> peter, i seem to recall i think a bombing in iraq i mean years ago in one of the locations where we often stayed that wasn't just one truck bomb, it was two. and one would come in,...
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it was also true when they exploded a bomb in afghanistan outside the hotel there. this is kind of how al qaeda does it. and so the number of operatives, the notion that it could be a truck bomb, it all makes sense to people who have looked at this intelligence and worked on these cases over the last decade. >> peter, i seem to recall i think a bombing in iraq i mean years ago in one of the locations where we often stayed that wasn't just one truck bomb, it was two. and one would come in, explode, and then another one would come in. i mean, do you recall that? >> yeah. i mean, that was i think the -- i'm spacing on the name of the hotel. but it was quite a -- >> palestine hotel, i believe. >> and killed quite a number of people. i mean, i think that that kind of attack to pull that off in the united states, i mean, it's twice as hard to do i think in iraq it's a lot easier to do that kind of thing than it would be here. >> right. you know, peter, that 9/11 was permanent perpetrated by 19 hijackers and an unknown number of planners. if this involves three operatives
it was also true when they exploded a bomb in afghanistan outside the hotel there. this is kind of how al qaeda does it. and so the number of operatives, the notion that it could be a truck bomb, it all makes sense to people who have looked at this intelligence and worked on these cases over the last decade. >> peter, i seem to recall i think a bombing in iraq i mean years ago in one of the locations where we often stayed that wasn't just one truck bomb, it was two. and one would come in,...
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the three years when the united states proposes to leave afghanistan. and i think john's right. the iranians and the iraqis that fought the grizzliest modern middle east war, the iranians are in many ways a threat to iraq in terms of their kind of aggressive promotion of whether it's really just ideology or their political system. and i think they'll be a resistance among the iraqis politically, militarily, economically, to prevent iran's influence from encroaching that much deeper than it already is. >> and bob, there's still going to be a lot of u.s. contractors over there. they will not have immunity. they will be open for prosecution if they get involved in shootings and things like that, right? >> oh, absolutely. i think we're going to be moving into a citadel until that place stabilizes. you also have to keep in mind, taking american troops out of iraq, the iranians no longer have a hostage in that will sense. and if we move toward any conflict with iran, it will be a lot easier simply because our troops won't be in striking distance. >> interesti
the three years when the united states proposes to leave afghanistan. and i think john's right. the iranians and the iraqis that fought the grizzliest modern middle east war, the iranians are in many ways a threat to iraq in terms of their kind of aggressive promotion of whether it's really just ideology or their political system. and i think they'll be a resistance among the iraqis politically, militarily, economically, to prevent iran's influence from encroaching that much deeper than it...
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years, coming up with the stealth bomber, the m-16 assault rifle, the unmanned aerial drones used in afghanistan and pakistan, but many of darpa's innovations have had an impact on society well beyond the military. darpa-funded projects include the internet and technology behind gps, which, of course, powers the new mobile revolution. >> you can think of defense a bit like a mini society. it has many of the same problems as society as a whole, from energy to health care to communications. so it's no small surprise that many of the advances we make at darpa have cascading implications for the larger society as a whole. >> the high stakes of providing sound technology for soldiers in combat motivates the darpa team to create the best technology in the world. >> they simply must work in all number of austere situations, life and death, and that kind of urgency focuses the mind, inspires greater genius. >> scientists and engineers come to work for darpa for three to five years, focusing on a particular project in any number of fields, including quantum mechanics, math and biology. these program mana
years, coming up with the stealth bomber, the m-16 assault rifle, the unmanned aerial drones used in afghanistan and pakistan, but many of darpa's innovations have had an impact on society well beyond the military. darpa-funded projects include the internet and technology behind gps, which, of course, powers the new mobile revolution. >> you can think of defense a bit like a mini society. it has many of the same problems as society as a whole, from energy to health care to communications....
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visiting afghanistan this weekend. and back at home, change to a longstanding policy. in the past, troops who committed suicide in places like iraq and afghanistan, their families got all the same benefits, but they never got the condolence letter from the president of the united states. like troops who were killed in battle or accidents did. well the white house has changed that policy and will now send those condolence letters to those families. the idea being, trying to destigmatize some of the ptsd and mental health issues that troops are facing. there was some push-back, because some of the military feel that by doing so, it diminishes the sacrifice of those who die in battle. but families of those suicide victims say this is long overdue. >>> also we're looking ahead to tuesday where the president will award only the second living recipient in these wars of iraq and afghanistan, the medal of honor. sergeant first class leroy arthur petrie will receive the medal of honor on tuesday. he was in afghanistan, about three years ago, had taken fire, taken shrapnel and w
visiting afghanistan this weekend. and back at home, change to a longstanding policy. in the past, troops who committed suicide in places like iraq and afghanistan, their families got all the same benefits, but they never got the condolence letter from the president of the united states. like troops who were killed in battle or accidents did. well the white house has changed that policy and will now send those condolence letters to those families. the idea being, trying to destigmatize some of...
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. >> reporter: this is an air force base where drone pilots remotely fly missions over iraq and afghanistan. these pilots saw a surge in mission requests from frontline commanders after weapons were first installed on drones. >> when we put hellfire missiles on the predator, now you have these airplanes that are capable not only of providing the pictures, the full motion video that you need, but now also capable of taking out targets where there may not be other assets available. >> an estimated 40 or more countries including china, russia and pakistan are also developing drones. even hezbollah, the lebanese-based party and paramilitary group, has used them against israel. no one feels the urgency of staying ahead of the competition more than the personnel at this air force base. >> right now we're hanging on to everybody in the system. we mobilized the international guard. mobilized reservists. if you are assigned here, we don't allow you to move out. >> already commanders are considering ways to cut out pilots altogether. >> we are looking at a future where we can program unmanned vehicle
. >> reporter: this is an air force base where drone pilots remotely fly missions over iraq and afghanistan. these pilots saw a surge in mission requests from frontline commanders after weapons were first installed on drones. >> when we put hellfire missiles on the predator, now you have these airplanes that are capable not only of providing the pictures, the full motion video that you need, but now also capable of taking out targets where there may not be other assets available....
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unforgivable to tap the phone of a murdered school girl or phone of relatives of troops killed in iraq or afghanistan and murdoch would not have tolerated it. >> when you think about -- i'm sorry about that. when you think about what one done and the depesble things that were done, do you think he made the right call of canceling it, it's done? >> it's a difficult call because as you said it's an old, historic paper, that has a great history, but has committed abuses in the past like all tabloids do, but also exposed a lot of fraud and misdeeds, most recently exposed corruption in the pakistani cricket team which was an important story. it's very sad and it's sad for the 200 people who work there, frightful for them. many of them will be given jobs in other news of murdoch's papers in london. he probably will create a new sunday paper called "the sun on sunday" to go along with his daily paper "the sun" which is another tabloid in britain. >> mr. shawcross, some were wondering, i was reading a lot of articles on this, if rupert murdoch was at all responsible, maybe in a trickled down effect, of kind
unforgivable to tap the phone of a murdered school girl or phone of relatives of troops killed in iraq or afghanistan and murdoch would not have tolerated it. >> when you think about -- i'm sorry about that. when you think about what one done and the depesble things that were done, do you think he made the right call of canceling it, it's done? >> it's a difficult call because as you said it's an old, historic paper, that has a great history, but has committed abuses in the past...
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. >> reporter: this is the air force base where drone pilots remotely fly missions over iraq and afghanistan. these pilots surge mission requests from frontline commanders after weapons were first installed on drones. >> when we put kill fire missiles, you have planes capable of not only providing the video thaw need but now they are also capable of taking out targets where there may not be any other assets available. >> reporter: an estimate of 40 or more countries, including china, russia, and pakistan, are also developing drones. even hezbollah, the paramilitary group, has used them against israel. no one feels the urgency of staying ahead of the competition more than the personnel at creech air force base. >> right now we're hanging on to everybody in the system. we've mobilized the service. if you're assigned to creech, we don't allow you to move out rar. >> reporter: already commanders are considering ways to cut out pilots altogether. >> we are looking at ways to program unmanned aerial vehicles to operate autonomously and within groups by themselves. >> with weapons? >> with weapons
. >> reporter: this is the air force base where drone pilots remotely fly missions over iraq and afghanistan. these pilots surge mission requests from frontline commanders after weapons were first installed on drones. >> when we put kill fire missiles, you have planes capable of not only providing the video thaw need but now they are also capable of taking out targets where there may not be any other assets available. >> reporter: an estimate of 40 or more countries, including...
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troops killed in afghanistan and iraq. a short distance away at the pentagon, former president bush and his wife laid a wreath of flowers at the site known as the 9/11 stone. 184 people died at the pentagon on 9/11 when american airlines flight 77 smashed into the building. ♪ at st. patrick's day cathedral a service was held for the 343 new york city firefighters who lost their lives at the world trade center when the twin towers collapsed. ground zero where the twin towers once stood high above the skyline is now a large memorial plaza. homeland security secretary janet napolitano walked through it today ahead of tomorrow's formal dedication. >>> let's go right now to today's dedication ceremony in shanksville, pennsylvania. cnn's david mattingly joins us live from that site. david, you were there ten years ago, tell us what's going on today. >> reporter: well, don, it's a very different place today. ten years ago this was the site of a terrible tragdeerk an act of violent terrorism. it was surrounded by fear and uncert
troops killed in afghanistan and iraq. a short distance away at the pentagon, former president bush and his wife laid a wreath of flowers at the site known as the 9/11 stone. 184 people died at the pentagon on 9/11 when american airlines flight 77 smashed into the building. ♪ at st. patrick's day cathedral a service was held for the 343 new york city firefighters who lost their lives at the world trade center when the twin towers collapsed. ground zero where the twin towers once stood high...
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. >>> after 10 years of war america's future in afghanistan will take center stage tonight at the white house. president obama is getting ready to announce that thousands of u.s. troops will be coming home. it is an issue that could set off and the political battle here in washington. the >> tonight will mark the beginning of the end of the longest war in u.s. history. president obama is set to announce the start of a drawdown in afghanistan, meaning of thousands of troops will be coming home this year. more celebrations like this. a stark difference from capitol hill where the debate has been fuelling. >> i believe it is time for us to rebuild america not afghanistan. >>i see a corrupt leadership. >> when president obama took office, there were roughly 34,000 troops in afghanistan. today, there are nearly 100,000. 12,000 have been wounded and 1500 have been killed. the president is expected to announce his plans to pullout 10,000 troops. but some in congress say pulling them all too quickly could be more of a threat. >> i would suggest that he consult with the people who know best. sin
. >>> after 10 years of war america's future in afghanistan will take center stage tonight at the white house. president obama is getting ready to announce that thousands of u.s. troops will be coming home. it is an issue that could set off and the political battle here in washington. the >> tonight will mark the beginning of the end of the longest war in u.s. history. president obama is set to announce the start of a drawdown in afghanistan, meaning of thousands of troops will...
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he said literally the and use every bit of ordinance in that part of afghanistan. they had to call in planes. >> i wish dave was here tonight but there's a lot of guys i wish could have been here. dave is one of those phenomenal heros that is just a mean old dog and he will never get on the porch. that's why she has so much respect from the soldiers that he served with. that is absolutely true on multiple occasions we ran out of nearly ran out of ammunition which is one of the chapters called black on ammo. i believe one part in the battle moly we run out of small arms ammunition but we actually had run out of aircraft. we went through i believe about 79 aircraft which is almost unthinkable unless you think about massive conflicts like vietnam or world war ii or korea we're literally there was an aircraft carrier that support had been shifted from iraq to afghanistan to respond to the amount of taliban that were being interdicted in the valley. so to say that at some moments it was extremely dhaka year is kind of an understatement, but i think that anybody there's
he said literally the and use every bit of ordinance in that part of afghanistan. they had to call in planes. >> i wish dave was here tonight but there's a lot of guys i wish could have been here. dave is one of those phenomenal heros that is just a mean old dog and he will never get on the porch. that's why she has so much respect from the soldiers that he served with. that is absolutely true on multiple occasions we ran out of nearly ran out of ammunition which is one of the chapters...
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peace for afghanistan a stable afghanistan afghanistan in close contact. with its neighbors and the new neighbors a country that would progress into a better economy. a better living standard where the afghan troops. who were deprived of education for so many decades would would have a chance to go to school some of those us processions have been with some of them have not been moved so that was my my aspiration at the time but when you say precisely seven years or what do you want to achieve and where did you fail maybe you managed to achieve a better economy we more than twenty universities right now target in china all. construction industry and afghan flag flying all around the world and independent sovereign afghanistan and the rest of the war of course will have to read to stuff spirituals of us security for the afghan people peace for the afghan people for the whole country house dot com and that is our continued effort and strength for the past couple of years sorry you have been subject to much criticism both personal and professional how do you d
peace for afghanistan a stable afghanistan afghanistan in close contact. with its neighbors and the new neighbors a country that would progress into a better economy. a better living standard where the afghan troops. who were deprived of education for so many decades would would have a chance to go to school some of those us processions have been with some of them have not been moved so that was my my aspiration at the time but when you say precisely seven years or what do you want to achieve...
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war turned 10 years old today no deaths reported questions remain about stability of the afghanistan government >> reconveyed the conventional army not one particularly suited to counter insurgency and we are basically playing catch-up their very mixed bag their quality of units varies but the real concern will there be able to do much once we pull out? >> taliban leaders have been forced out of power of course osama bin laden killed 2700 united states coalition lives lost per did president obama mark the anniversary quietly statement united states sacred thinks to sacrifices that have been made. apple ceo steve jobs a notoriously private man comes as no surprise comes as a surprise to many he authored a tell all biography the author walter isaacson says jobs did it so his kids would know them jobs died of pancreatic cancer walter isaacson said not always there for children wanted to understand why the funeral or arrangements have not been released but a public memorial some say private funeral today. big birthday tomorrow reverend jesse jackson turns 70 today standing with the occup
war turned 10 years old today no deaths reported questions remain about stability of the afghanistan government >> reconveyed the conventional army not one particularly suited to counter insurgency and we are basically playing catch-up their very mixed bag their quality of units varies but the real concern will there be able to do much once we pull out? >> taliban leaders have been forced out of power of course osama bin laden killed 2700 united states coalition lives lost per did...
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that mission took us to afghanistan. afghanistan, it's a brutal landscape action all but empty of lush fields so common in the united states. in this land which has witnessed war and feels the pain of poverty a farmer tries to eke out an existence. >> very little structure, very few roads. >> reporter: organizations like the world food program and others, are working to provide farmers in the area other sustainable agricultural options. in late march a, delegation traveled to afghanistan and iraq to see the devastation facing the areas. led by howard buffet and howard gbuffet, andy webber -- traveled to these countries, they witnessed food insecurity, people living with hunger, and facing the constant fear of starvation. >> one of the things that's so striking about this is that how little can mean so much to certain people and we just take it for granted. >> to be able to understand what farmers going through in a country like afghanistan with the history they have had you can't really get it without going to talk to th
that mission took us to afghanistan. afghanistan, it's a brutal landscape action all but empty of lush fields so common in the united states. in this land which has witnessed war and feels the pain of poverty a farmer tries to eke out an existence. >> very little structure, very few roads. >> reporter: organizations like the world food program and others, are working to provide farmers in the area other sustainable agricultural options. in late march a, delegation traveled to...
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bodies confiscated more than two tons of drugs coming from afghanistan. of criminals who are different from members of a particular rule to plea they include masterminds traffickers go betweens. and consumers. the whole network is a will machine. police in the whole amount of confiscated heroin into a special laboratory here it becomes clear that drug traffickers are willing to resort to any trick to make sure their supply gets through in one of the consignments laboratory staff discovered heroin tucked away inside dried grapes. and these reasons were soaked in water before hand so disease could be removed then tiny packets of herion were inserted in the place. the republic of tragic is done is situated in the foothills of the permian range in central asia it is a landlocked country bordering afghanistan in the south as biggest on in kyrgyzstan in the north and west and china to the east the country significantly lacks major transport routes due to its vast distance from the sea mountains cover ninety three percent of the country's terrain. stone is regar
bodies confiscated more than two tons of drugs coming from afghanistan. of criminals who are different from members of a particular rule to plea they include masterminds traffickers go betweens. and consumers. the whole network is a will machine. police in the whole amount of confiscated heroin into a special laboratory here it becomes clear that drug traffickers are willing to resort to any trick to make sure their supply gets through in one of the consignments laboratory staff discovered...
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inch >> one of the navy s.e.a.l.s killed in a chopper crash in afghanistan has bay area ties. the global economy is down tonight with wars are elated to the historic u.s. downgrade. asian markets are down as much as 3 and a half%. stock features in the u.s. are thumbabling as well. there could be another blood bath on wall street tomorrow. the stock market remains volatile so does the debate in washington on who's to blame. >> reporter: following america's credit downgrade, more bickering. democrats and republicans picking their targets. >> this is a tea party problem. >> this president has failed to lead. >> reporter: shots after a roller coaster week of economic news. congress raises the debt ceiling, thursday the dow plunges 500 points, friday a better than expected jobs reports, unemployment dips to 9.4% period and then friday night america's credit downgrade to double a plus for the first time ever. >> our mission has to be getting the economy going faster and creating more jobs. >> reporter: president obama has a jobs making to do list for lawmakers. pass a set of trade
inch >> one of the navy s.e.a.l.s killed in a chopper crash in afghanistan has bay area ties. the global economy is down tonight with wars are elated to the historic u.s. downgrade. asian markets are down as much as 3 and a half%. stock features in the u.s. are thumbabling as well. there could be another blood bath on wall street tomorrow. the stock market remains volatile so does the debate in washington on who's to blame. >> reporter: following america's credit downgrade, more...
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. >> that he represents afghanistan. well-intentioned, bumbling, no clue how to do this. no clue about the cultural sensitivities. i am american and farouk -- he has to get what he can while he can. so he likes telling people i am a 3-dimensional character. where did you get that? i was telling him i am trying to make this not just one dimensional, you are three dimensional and refers to himself as a try dimensional character. >> tim mentioned the former prime minister of pakistan who has an interesting relationship or had an interesting relationship with him -- kim. he misinterpreted their relationship and her retelling history funny but also unsettling because the relationship a person might have with a source can be difficult so tell us briefly about that and the question is what has happened since then? have you heard from him? what is the upshot of this? >> we are getting married. for those who don't know the story i was front-page news in pakistan for a week. it took osama bin laden being killed to knock me off the
. >> that he represents afghanistan. well-intentioned, bumbling, no clue how to do this. no clue about the cultural sensitivities. i am american and farouk -- he has to get what he can while he can. so he likes telling people i am a 3-dimensional character. where did you get that? i was telling him i am trying to make this not just one dimensional, you are three dimensional and refers to himself as a try dimensional character. >> tim mentioned the former prime minister of pakistan...
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afghanistan east and then disappearing into a safe. here carney network for one acts as regrettable arm of pakistan's internal services intelligence agency pakistan is furious over the accusations calling them unsubstantiated saying that washington came very close to losing a major ally in its war on terror if you talk about things i'm quite sure you know it's an incident and he to restore the musicians around the world which by which we mean intelligence things over the last ten years pakistan has repeatedly compromised its own sovereignty to help the americans in their operations the u.s. while chasing down suspected terrorists has been bombing pakistan with drones on a regular basis the strikes have killed thousands of civilians use of going to tax is not against our sovereignty it's also called for productive it's the people that we want to build as friends in the spite against terrorism after the latest threats from washington earing an even tougher assault allan's of pakistanis angrily rallies to say enough is enough for these pe
afghanistan east and then disappearing into a safe. here carney network for one acts as regrettable arm of pakistan's internal services intelligence agency pakistan is furious over the accusations calling them unsubstantiated saying that washington came very close to losing a major ally in its war on terror if you talk about things i'm quite sure you know it's an incident and he to restore the musicians around the world which by which we mean intelligence things over the last ten years pakistan...
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at stake for americans if a shutdown really takes place plus i think you're not footing the bill for afghanistan think again i want to break down the actual figures that you and i are shelling out and you warn anybody and if the war costs don't make you sick there's always seafood to do the job especially if it's coming from japan we're going to talk about how that country's radiation leak could hurt the global food chain for all of us. are right you need to know this when the clock strikes midnight on friday april eighth it is now all but certain that americans will experience their first federal government shutdown in fifteen years and president barack obama is meeting with congressional leaders this evening in a last ditch effort to come to a deal on the budget as both sides remain billions of dollars apart and odds over where to find savings the house republicans have proposed put posted a clock on their website counting down the days hours minutes and seconds until the government shuts down i mean i wouldn't be surprised if these guys are stocking up on confetti and noisemakers while they'r
at stake for americans if a shutdown really takes place plus i think you're not footing the bill for afghanistan think again i want to break down the actual figures that you and i are shelling out and you warn anybody and if the war costs don't make you sick there's always seafood to do the job especially if it's coming from japan we're going to talk about how that country's radiation leak could hurt the global food chain for all of us. are right you need to know this when the clock strikes...
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. >> and the other big news, tens of thousands of troops in afghanistan will soon becoming home. the president went on national television tonight to announce his plans. >> the president's plan is getting a lukewarm response even from some in his own party. >> america it is time to focus on nation building here at home. >> reporter: the president parently responding to a majority of americans who want an end to the war ordered the withdrawal of 30,000 troops by the end of next summer. ten thousand by the end of this year. it equals 30,000 he sent with the surge of 2009. >> when i announced the surge we set objectives, to refocus on al-qaeda, to train afghanistan security forces to defend their own country. i also made it clear that the commitment would not be open ended and that we would begin to draw down this july. >> reporter: the longest war has cost $444 billion, claimed 1500 men and women. the president said the its was filling its commitment. >> our mission will change from combat to support. by 2014 this process of transition will be complete and the afghanistan people wi
. >> and the other big news, tens of thousands of troops in afghanistan will soon becoming home. the president went on national television tonight to announce his plans. >> the president's plan is getting a lukewarm response even from some in his own party. >> america it is time to focus on nation building here at home. >> reporter: the president parently responding to a majority of americans who want an end to the war ordered the withdrawal of 30,000 troops by the end...
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there were soldiers killed in afghanistan under george bush this was the entire era from two thousand and one to two thousand eight six hundred thirty and they were soldiers killed in afghanistan under obama in the last two years eight hundred seven tell me this war is going well. and that's the that's the last horse ok so let me get back to us so we were we're likely now to spend over one trillion dollars one trillion dollars in a country with a pre-invasion g.d.p. of two billion i just think about this for a minute the entire economy of afghanistan before we invaded that was was two billion dollars a year average income of the average afghan citizen was three hundred dollars a year two billion was their annual g.d.p. the g.d.p. of the state of wyoming is thirty seven billion dollars the g.d.p. of the city of chicago is five hundred seventy four billion dollars the chicago police car is thirteen thousand employees and the d.o.d. that a car a defense does is we've got thirty four thousand dead civilians in afghanistan you know if we just took that one trillion dollars that we're spend
there were soldiers killed in afghanistan under george bush this was the entire era from two thousand and one to two thousand eight six hundred thirty and they were soldiers killed in afghanistan under obama in the last two years eight hundred seven tell me this war is going well. and that's the that's the last horse ok so let me get back to us so we were we're likely now to spend over one trillion dollars one trillion dollars in a country with a pre-invasion g.d.p. of two billion i just think...
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and afghanistan -- implications in the u.s., and afghanistan are tremendous. we have a preview of the president's remarks. >> reporter: it's the beginning of the end of the longest war in u.s. history. >> there are concerns among the american people who are tired of a decade of war. >> reporter: tonight after 10 years in afghanistan, president obama outlines his plan for a troop withdrawal. one that would mean more scenes like this. >> most amazing feeling in the world. you feel like rock stars. >> reporter: it's a decade of human sacrifice and more than 12,000 have been wounded in 1500 americans have been killed. on capitol hill, the debate has been furious with some calling for a major drawndown. >> i believe it's time to rebuild america not afghanistan. >> reporter: others echoing military leaders say too fast is too dangerous. >> i am pleased the senator from west virginia went to afghanistan once. i would suggest that he consult with the people who know best since 2009 when the surge began we have had success on the ground in afghanistan. >> i do not see
and afghanistan -- implications in the u.s., and afghanistan are tremendous. we have a preview of the president's remarks. >> reporter: it's the beginning of the end of the longest war in u.s. history. >> there are concerns among the american people who are tired of a decade of war. >> reporter: tonight after 10 years in afghanistan, president obama outlines his plan for a troop withdrawal. one that would mean more scenes like this. >> most amazing feeling in the world....
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not using for afghanistan. and i think pakistan will be the way of afghanistan in that aid will be cut. we're going to go back to the sort -- just like what happened in the '80s when we cut ties a little bit, and then we're going to see the fallout of that. pakistan is a much more troubling country than afghanistan because of the nuclear weapons issue, although i do believe those are safe, and the fact they created this sort of frankenstein enemy that is coming back on them and you're seeing extremely sophisticated attacks on the establishment. >> when we turned away from pakistan the last time, it was not a nuclear armed country. >> it was not. >> well, we have about 15 minutes left, so i thought we could take some questions from the crowd, if anybody has something they want to bring up. if you can come up to the microphone. >> kim, what made you decide in the first place you wanted to be a foreign correspondent? >> that's a good question. and i'm unlike a lot of foreign correspondents. a lot of foreign corres
not using for afghanistan. and i think pakistan will be the way of afghanistan in that aid will be cut. we're going to go back to the sort -- just like what happened in the '80s when we cut ties a little bit, and then we're going to see the fallout of that. pakistan is a much more troubling country than afghanistan because of the nuclear weapons issue, although i do believe those are safe, and the fact they created this sort of frankenstein enemy that is coming back on them and you're seeing...
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health of global jihad has claimed responsibility tonight in response to the country's involvement in afghanistan and in a separate attack up to thirty bodies no it's been reported have been reported by witnesses after a loaded gun when opened fire at a youth rally outside the capital. also e.u. leaders agreeing on a second bailout for greece sparked fears over the union delving deeper into debt with experts predicting it's now up to growing economies to dominate global finance . welcome it's eleven pm this is our team our name is kevin owen here in moscow with the top story in the main news dominating norway's been shaken by double terror attacks tonight first the center of all those been hit by huge blast bomb and the blast damaged parliamentary buildings including the prime minister's office where at least seven were killed but the pm himself is said to be not then a gunman one of the shooting spree at a youth camp by witnesses report claims of up to thirty there that may have been killed police say they fear there may also be explosives in the grounds are says general logan is in oslo she joi
health of global jihad has claimed responsibility tonight in response to the country's involvement in afghanistan and in a separate attack up to thirty bodies no it's been reported have been reported by witnesses after a loaded gun when opened fire at a youth rally outside the capital. also e.u. leaders agreeing on a second bailout for greece sparked fears over the union delving deeper into debt with experts predicting it's now up to growing economies to dominate global finance . welcome it's...
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we can't understand what is happening in afghanistan, with the americans think they are doing in afghanistan. not understanding what is happening in iraq and what they think happened. i would like to start with a discussion about iraq and the implications for afghanistan. the narrative, which these days is impossible to challenge that iraq was going back fairly poorly because of poor planning and then in 2006 you had the bombing. al qaeda and iraq blew up. said lee all hell broke loose. war started. iraq was falling apart until this brilliant physically fit general called the david patraeus arrives and saved the day. the new american hero. now he will save the day in afghanistan using the same brilliant tactics. all of that is wrong. the civil war in iraq did not begin in 2006. the civil war in iraq began in 2003 when the americans won the war the basically lost the war. the iraqi army did not even fight. and leaving aside whether the occupation was wider wrong, the decision to go to war was right or wrong, and of course it was wrong, if you are going to be an occupier, if you are going to i
we can't understand what is happening in afghanistan, with the americans think they are doing in afghanistan. not understanding what is happening in iraq and what they think happened. i would like to start with a discussion about iraq and the implications for afghanistan. the narrative, which these days is impossible to challenge that iraq was going back fairly poorly because of poor planning and then in 2006 you had the bombing. al qaeda and iraq blew up. said lee all hell broke loose. war...
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ambassador to afghanistan. i spoke to him from paris and asked him where the major focus should be done in years after the start of the war. >> the focus has to be on two things. one, getting a regional settlement, particularly between afghanistan and pakistan. as long as there -- if there is a century for those forces coming out of pakistan, this will remain difficult. -- as long as there is a sanctuary for forces coming out of pakistan. increasing the capacity of the afghan government to deliver in terms of rule of law, in terms of justice, and dealing with corruption, that is extremely important. >> how important is the relationship between the u.s. and pakistan in achieving this regional stability you are talking about? >> this is such a big issue. we need a big effort led by the u.s., multilateral, big diplomacy. very high level, intense, to get a deal. these are legitimate concerns in exchange for the assistance of the opposition. if they refuse to do so, then there would have to be a concerted effort to
ambassador to afghanistan. i spoke to him from paris and asked him where the major focus should be done in years after the start of the war. >> the focus has to be on two things. one, getting a regional settlement, particularly between afghanistan and pakistan. as long as there -- if there is a century for those forces coming out of pakistan, this will remain difficult. -- as long as there is a sanctuary for forces coming out of pakistan. increasing the capacity of the afghan government...
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afghanistan and the dollar. and. wealthy british style. but on. market. find out what's really happening to the global economy. there are no holds barred global financial headlines kaiser reports. more news today. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. giant corporations are today. in. one cold. cold cold. cold. cold. the. beach hotel. the sea. her turn. in israel. has accomplished the full transcript of the conversation between. jet which. doesn't give the full picture final statement. now but investigates next to a ranking officials. strategic call. a red. head. hello welcome to sports the day it's good to have you with us on the blogs just ahead it's a place of law because it's all there for a place in the forefront plays easily when they for your slave you know put. call huge news for the last remaining russian left in the men's side of the draw for the. variable day for a. new manager of the league side terry gross need. to start with tennis and it was a good day at melbourne park for russia's women in spital on th
afghanistan and the dollar. and. wealthy british style. but on. market. find out what's really happening to the global economy. there are no holds barred global financial headlines kaiser reports. more news today. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. giant corporations are today. in. one cold. cold cold. cold. cold. the. beach hotel. the sea. her turn. in israel. has accomplished the full transcript of the conversation between. jet which. doesn't give the...
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you have been to iraq and afghanistan for five times. we saw some scenes in the documentary and i will come back to it in a second. i am curious as to your thoughts about the drawdown. the president obama just announced. the troops that represented the search that he endorsed some time ago. they are the same number being drawn down. what do you think about this drawdown in afghanistan? you have been there a couple times. >> when i go a service members and i gotho t ebases and t a ro aund and see as many people as i can. they are doing their jobs and try to get through tough situation. they are serving honorably. with regards to that, afghanistan is a very difficult environment. from the little i know and i have been there and i have flown over it. andis rugged and in hospita inhospitable place. it is difficult there. i do not know what the end game will be. if the president is listening to his generals and they are recommending it is time to go, who my to say anything? there are a lot of other people who have been involved in that fight
you have been to iraq and afghanistan for five times. we saw some scenes in the documentary and i will come back to it in a second. i am curious as to your thoughts about the drawdown. the president obama just announced. the troops that represented the search that he endorsed some time ago. they are the same number being drawn down. what do you think about this drawdown in afghanistan? you have been there a couple times. >> when i go a service members and i gotho t ebases and t a ro aund...
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military have died since the war in afghanistan began now it does seem unfortunately like no one's even the tiles on the number of afghan civilian casualty is not to mention the tens of thousands of americans who came home with visible as well as emotional scars their lives undoubtedly. out altered for ever and while americans may be increasingly turning against the war at least according to polling the mainstream media is largely missing in action so what if the world's spending has a direct impact on our faltering economy and it does so what if the billions spent on that war alone can provide twenty three million americans with health care and one point four million firefighters or not to mention send twenty eight million american kids to college i guess speculating over the new cast of dancing with the stars makes for better ratings we haven't forgotten we haven't forgotten about stan and if they're not willing to ask the hard questions we are on that note let's turn to our first guest this evening jim miller is the executive director of the brave new foundation and the producer of t
military have died since the war in afghanistan began now it does seem unfortunately like no one's even the tiles on the number of afghan civilian casualty is not to mention the tens of thousands of americans who came home with visible as well as emotional scars their lives undoubtedly. out altered for ever and while americans may be increasingly turning against the war at least according to polling the mainstream media is largely missing in action so what if the world's spending has a direct...